I'M ROGER WEBER, LOCAL 4. Ruth: THAT WAS WONDERFUL FOR THAT CUSTOMER TO SIT OUT IN THE RAIN LIKE THAT. A MANHUNT FOR MEN CONVICTED OF SERIOUS DRUG CRIMES. THE POWELL BROTHERS AND THEIR ASSOCIATE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE IN FEDERAL COURT TO HEAR THE VERDICT. BUT INSTEAD THEY DISAPPEARED. BUSINESS EDITOR ROD MELONI WAS IN FEDERAL COURT AT THE TIME AND HAVE MORE ON WHAT HAPPENED. ROD? Rod: THE MEN WERE HERE FOR THEIR TRIAL. THE JURY STARTED DELIBERATING LAST THURSDAY, WENT HOME FOR THE WEEKEND AND THE MEN WERE HERE TO HEAR THEIR VERDICT, AT LEAST SO EVERYONE THOUGHT. BUT THEN JUST AROUND NOONTIME WHEN THE JURY CAME IN WITH A VERDICT, THE MEN SIMPLY DISAPPEARED AND NOW THE POLICE ARE SAYING THAT THEY'RE ARMED AND DANGEROUS. 39-YEAR-OLD CARLOS POWELL LEAVING HIS ARRAIGNMENT IN FEBRUARY OF 2012 IS DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST DRUG KING PINS IN METRO DETROIT HISTORY AND MAY HAVE USED CRUTCHES TO GET AROUND BACK THEN, HE IS HEALED SINCE. HE CUT OFF THE TETHER TRACKING DEVICE. HE AND TWO CLOSEST ASSOCIATES, HIS BROTHER, 36-YEAR-OLD ERIC POWELL OF FRANKLIN, AND EARNEST PROGE DISAPPEARED WHEN THEY RECEIVED WORD THE JURY WAS IN, IN THEIR CASE. IT CONVICTED THEM ON DRUG COUNTS, INCLUDING CONSPIRACY. WHILE HE DID NOT DO SO FOR HIS ARRAIGNMENT, HE WORE A HAT FROM THE TEMPLE. THE JUDGE TOOK EXCEPTION TO WEARING THE HATS IN THE COURTROOM, AGAINST THE RULES. ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T MENTION IT TO THE JURY, I FELT THEY WORE THEM IN COURT, WHICH WAS DISRESPECTFUL . Rod: THE MEN WALKED AWAY SHORTLY AFTER NOONTIME. THE ONE MAN WHO DID SHOW UP WAS FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE KEITH DANIELS, FOUND GUILTY OF MONEY LAUNDERING FOR THE DRUG CARTEL. FROM THE FEDS ON DOWN, HAVE FANNED OUT LOOKING FOR THEM. IF YOU FIND THEM, CALL 911. DON'T GO NEAR THEM. THEY RUN A SOPHISTICATED DRUG

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